Pope gets a tractor

Published: 29 October 2007

Italy's Fiat Motor company has given Pope Benedict an unusual and rather unique gift - a tractor.

The
specially designed vehicle by Fiat, which is painted red and white and
even boasts the Pontifs coat-of-arms, is not a replacement for the
Popemobile, but will help the Holy Father deliver his weekly address.

"It'll
tow and position the enormous, 15 tonne mobile platform on which the
Pope will hold his weekly Wednesday General Audience in St Peter's
Square," Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne said.

"For us it's a great
honour to have had the opportunity to deliver this vehicle to the Holy
Father, in a sign of admiration and respect," Marchionne said.